kill off

Example Sentences

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Just look at how long it took to finally kill off the penny.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Price, who won in Dublin last year, was dominant as he raced into the lead, but he missed chance after chance to kill off the game as the world champion came roaring back.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Since 2023, he has repeatedly told the Street he intended to keep short-term rates higher for longer than it expected in order to kill off inflation.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Filmmakers and critics fretted, reasonably, that a Netflix acquisition would kill off the moviegoing experience for good, in light of Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos’ professed antipathy toward theater-exclusive releases.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

“Someone else might kill off Voldemort while she’s holding us here making vol-au-vents?”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling